Batman: Arkham Origins Announced

Warner Brothers Interactive have announced a new Batman video game in the "Arkham" series today titled Batman: Arkham Origins. Check out the official press release below as well as screen shots for the game.

Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Batman:
Arkham Origins™ and Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™, the next
installments of the blockbuster Batman: Arkham videogame franchise.
Batman: Arkham Origins will be available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 system, the Wii U™ system, and Windows PC. Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate™ will be available for the Nintendo 3DS™
handheld system, and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system.
Both titles are scheduled to release worldwide Oct. 25, 2013.

Developed by WB Games Montréal, Batman: Arkham Origins
features an expanded Gotham City and introduces an original prequel
storyline set several years before the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City,
the first two critically acclaimed games of the franchise. Taking place
before the rise of Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, the game
showcases a young and unrefined Batman as he faces a defining moment in
his early career as a crime fighter that sets his path to becoming the Dark Knight. As the story unfolds, players will meet many important characters for the first time and forge key relationships.

Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate is a 2.5-D game developed
by Armature Studio that brings the Batman Arkham experience for the
first time to Nintendo and Sony handheld systems. A companion game to Batman: Arkham Origins, players can continue the storyline of the console version and discover more details of the Dark Knight’s past.

“Batman: Arkham is a huge triple-A videogame franchise and
we are delighted to expand the experience with Batman: Arkham Origins,”
said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros.
Interactive Entertainment. “WB Games Montréal has an incredibly
talented team building upon Rocksteady’s award-winning gameplay and
technology to deliver a deep, immersive, quality experience fans will
love.

“WB Games Montréal is honored to have the opportunity to
create Batman: Arkham Origins, a new chapter in this amazing franchise,”
said Reid Schneider, Vice President and Executive Producer, WB Games
Montréal. “We are huge fans of the franchise and are committed to
creating an experience that offers players more of what they love, as well as the chance to play as a younger Batman within a fresh storyline and expanded world.”